16632 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acid Rain Program, Air Pollution, Chlorofluorocarbon
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Past responses to environmental harm: lead in petrol, sulphur coal, cfcs (chlorofluorocarbons, hunter river salinity, protection of threatened species, habitats, eecs, prevention of pollution: Air nox, dioxins, lead other heavy metals, co, (vehicle emissions) (industries) In fact, a 2003 office of management and budget (omb) study found that the acid rain. Program accounted for the largest quantified human health benefits over billion annually of any major federal regulatory program implemented in the last 10 years, with benefits exceeding costs by more than 40:1. (us epa) Carbon trading: the usa and elsewhere, previous government"s clean energy package. Northeastern cap-and-trade program: the nine states already in the program connecticut, delaware, maine, maryland, Massachusetts, new hampshire, new york, rhode island and vermont have substantially reduced their carbon emissions in recent years. At the same time, those states have had stronger economic growth than the rest of the country. (ny times 6.
